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NEWTON, John & William, London, 1826
A pair of 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter table globes, the terrestrial NEWTON'S New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Containing every recent Discovery [....] London Published July 1 182[..] made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours, the meridian at 30°W graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the oceans with an analemma, the antipodes of London and the tracks of numerous explorers including Cook, Clerke, Gore and Ross with numerous dates and notes, further notes including Hereabouts the Guardian struck on a shoal of Ice south of the Cape of Good Hope, Shoal acc. to Anson's Chart, isles said to be dicov.d by the Spaniards 1773 and others, Antarctica with no land shown but various notes including Jan. 1773. Many Islands & firm Fields of Ice, Innumerable Isles of Ice and No Ice seen, the continents with some nation states delicately shaded in green and showing a wealth of detail including rivers, mountains, deserts, towns and cities, China showing the Great Wall, Australia labelled NEW HOLLAND with detail all around the coast but none in the interior, Tasmania labelled VAN DIEMEN'S LD, the islands of New Zealand labelled EAHEI NOMAUWE and TAVAI POENAMOO, Africa with little detail in the interior south of the Mountains of Komri and the Mountains of the Moon, America with the names of various native tribes such as Snake Indians, Assiniborns or Stone Indians and CHEPAWYANS, with no northern coastline but notes such as The Sea Explored by Cap.t Franklin and Disco.d by Cap.t W.E. Parry 1820 general restoration thoughout with some complete loss of detail, most notably to the northern pacific, and some minor detail loss throughout, other minor scratches and abrasions); the celestial NEWTON'S NEW & IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE On which all the Stars, Nebulae & Clusters contained in the extensive Catalogue of the late F.R. Wollaston F.R.S. are accurately laid down, their Right Ascension & Declina.tns having been recalculated for the Year 1830, by W. Newton. Manufactured by J. & W. Newton, 66, Chancery Lane London Published 1 July 1824 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores laid to the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the colures graduated in degrees, the ecliptic with twilight zone graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the stars in a table above the cartouche shown to seven orders of magnitude with a symbol for nebulae, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, various stars labelled with Greek characters, some with Arabic numerals, a note in the southern hemisphere reading The Tropical lines are here represented in compliance with custom although unnecessary upon the Celestial Globe; the Tropics being circles generated upon the Earths surface by the vertical Sun at the time of the Solstices, also showing the circles of perpetual Apparition and Occultation at London (some small areas of neat restoration and redrawing); both spheres with a stamped brass hour dial and meridian circle graduated in four quadrants, the hand-coloured engraved paper horizon ring signed Published 1.st July 1826, by I. & W. Newton, Chancery Lane, LONDON and showing degrees of amplitude and azimuth, compass directions, days of the month with an equation of time, and a star chart for the Sun's apparent path along the ecliptic, raised on three ebonised and baluster turned legs untied by cross stretchers -- 18½in. (47cm.) high
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A pair of 12-inch (30.5cm.) diameter table globes, the terrestrial NEWTON'S New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Containing every recent Discovery [....] London Published July 1 182[..] made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours, the meridian at 30°W graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, the oceans with an analemma, the antipodes of London and the tracks of numerous explorers including Cook, Clerke, Gore and Ross with numerous dates and notes, further notes including Hereabouts the Guardian struck on a shoal of Ice south of the Cape of Good Hope, Shoal acc. to Anson's Chart, isles said to be dicov.d by the Spaniards 1773 and others, Antarctica with no land shown but various notes including Jan. 1773. Many Islands & firm Fields of Ice, Innumerable Isles of Ice and No Ice seen, the continents with some nation states delicately shaded in green and showing a wealth of detail including rivers, mountains, deserts, towns and cities, China showing the Great Wall, Australia labelled NEW HOLLAND with detail all around the coast but none in the interior, Tasmania labelled VAN DIEMEN'S LD, the islands of New Zealand labelled EAHEI NOMAUWE and TAVAI POENAMOO, Africa with little detail in the interior south of the Mountains of Komri and the Mountains of the Moon, America with the names of various native tribes such as Snake Indians, Assiniborns or Stone Indians and CHEPAWYANS, with no northern coastline but notes such as The Sea Explored by Cap.t Franklin and Disco.d by Cap.t W.E. Parry 1820 general restoration thoughout with some complete loss of detail, most notably to the northern pacific, and some minor detail loss throughout, other minor scratches and abrasions); the celestial NEWTON'S NEW & IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE On which all the Stars, Nebulae & Clusters contained in the extensive Catalogue of the late F.R. Wollaston F.R.S. are accurately laid down, their Right Ascension & Declina.tns having been recalculated for the Year 1830, by W. Newton. Manufactured by J. & W. Newton, 66, Chancery Lane London Published 1 July 1824 made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores laid to the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the colures graduated in degrees, the ecliptic with twilight zone graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the stars in a table above the cartouche shown to seven orders of magnitude with a symbol for nebulae, the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, various stars labelled with Greek characters, some with Arabic numerals, a note in the southern hemisphere reading The Tropical lines are here represented in compliance with custom although unnecessary upon the Celestial Globe; the Tropics being circles generated upon the Earths surface by the vertical Sun at the time of the Solstices, also showing the circles of perpetual Apparition and Occultation at London (some small areas of neat restoration and redrawing); both spheres with a stamped brass hour dial and meridian circle graduated in four quadrants, the hand-coloured engraved paper horizon ring signed Published 1.st July 1826, by I. & W. Newton, Chancery Lane, LONDON and showing degrees of amplitude and azimuth, compass directions, days of the month with an equation of time, and a star chart for the Sun's apparent path along the ecliptic, raised on three ebonised and baluster turned legs untied by cross stretchers -- 18½in. (47cm.) high
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